CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. W.C.A.B. (MCFARREN)

No. 1701 C.D. 2007.

950 A.2d 358 (2008)

CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (McFARREN), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Rossman, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Herbert B. Cohen, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

The City of Pittsburgh (Petitioner) petitions the Court for its review of the August 8, 2007 order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) increasing the Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) award to James McFarren (McFarren) for his disfigurement pursuant to Section 306(c)(22) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act).1 The question presented is whether the Board's decision to increase McFarren's disfigurement...

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